2 Weeks Unlimited Classes for $32!

For Clients New to Ohana Fitness Only

2 Weeks Unlimited Classes for $32

For Clients New to Ohana Fitness Only

Why Choose Ohana?

We are a women’s only studio that focuses on creating a safe and welcoming environment where you can build your strength and confidence from the inside out. Whether you are looking at increasing your energy levels, shedding a few pounds, or you just need to get out of the house and meet some new friends, we are the place for you!

Our programs are specifically engineered for a women’s body and we take pride in creating a comfortable, fun and social experience with like-minded women. We offer a variety of group fitness classes, 1 on 1 personal training and nutrition consulting for all fitness levels.

Amanda Decker

Why We Love Ohana

Janae Rose

A year ago I was looking into getting into really good shape for my wedding. After joining a local gym and seeing minimal results I knew I had to kick it up a notch and seek other options. I came across Ohana on Facebook, and set up a meeting with Sam. I will never forget my first class at Ohana. The first exercise was a plank off to see who could hold a plank the longest. From that class on I became hooked, Ohana pushed me to new levels of fitness and the comradery in this gym is like no other. Sam and Erin are two of the most genuine and influential people who truly push you to be the best person you can be be both mentally and physically. I have met so many amazing women at this gym through the gym itself and the Little Black Dress program and have embraced a healthier lifestyle. I will also mention that I love Ohana so much I travel 45 minutes to get to their classes, that is how phenomenal this gym is. You will not regret joining this gym, it is truly one of a kind.

Karyn Thomas

I participated in Ohana's Little Black Dress Challenge and it more than exceeded my expectations. I loved that it provided healthy meal ideas and taught you how to fuel your body properly, I learned so much about nutrition that I didn't know and I'm still learning from all the amazing advice Erin and Sam give. They are both extremely encouraging and keep a presence through the entire program and even after. Ohana means family and Erin and Sam really live up to that and so do their members. They make you feel very welcomed when you come to classes so you never feel like an outsider. If you need motivation, they will help boost you! I'm extremely impressed with Ohana and I'm very happy that I decided to be part of the Ohana family

Katie Attard

The support and sincere LOVE I got from joining Ohana and LBD8 was completely unexpected. I’ve known from the beginning that this place and these women were special, but spending this four weeks of nurturing our bodies and facing our demons was beyond any fitness challenge I’ve ever experienced. It is a program like no other, guaranteed. I’ve built solid, lifelong friendships, inspired others and BEEN inspired by others. I’ve had more support in this one month span than I’ve ever had in the 5 years I’ve really been focused on my health. This is what has set me up to be ME again. After an entire year postpartum trying to get back to feeling confident in my abilities and success, I’m finally feeling “it”. I thank God daily for blessing my life with all He has, and these ladies are part of those prayers.

Kim Johnson

It’s not easy for me to share vulnerable pieces of my life with strangers, but I hope by doing so, I can help others that may be fighting similar battles. I’ve struggled with yo-yoing weight my entire adult life. I’ve always been good at losing weight, but never about keeping it off. My weight struggles peaked almost 3 years ago, when I was diagnosed with MdDS, a rare neurological condition. I struggled daily with dizziness, headaches, fatigue, and brain fog. To no surprise, over a period of months, my weight creeped up over 30 lbs. 2 years ago, I made the decision to quit my job to pursue an opportunity to live and work in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Soon I found myself not only struggling with the daily symptoms of MdDS, but also with anxiety surrounding a new life and career. It became so bad, I was having daily palpitations (racing heart beat) and trouble sleeping.

At this point I decided it was time to change my life. My friend Erin, had just become involved with Ohana Fitness and Wellness, and I decided I was ready to try their Little Black Dress Program. This was my last resort before I went back to my doctor and asked to be put on medications for my anxiety. At first the program was overwhelming and I had no idea if I would even be able to do it. I work 12 hour night shifts, sometimes up to 8 in a row. The first round I tried I did fail and not finish, but Erin encouraged me to try again. I am so glad I did! Since last January, I have lost over 30 lbs and more amazingly have kept it off. I’ve also dropped my resting heart rate over 20 beats per minutes and am no longer having palpitations. My anxiety and MdDS symptoms are better than ever which is so much more important to me than any pound lost.

I still have a lot more I would like to accomplish, but I know Erin and Sam will help me get there. I have never been more consistent with diet and exercise in my life. No matter how far off track I get at times, LBD is there every 3 months to remind me to get back on the horse. The women in the group are so supportive and motivating. If they can’t motivate you, no one can! What is more amazing is that I’ve done this all from home. I have never stepped foot in the Ohana studio, although I hope to soon to meet all of the friends I have made through this experience. Erin and Sam are truly life changers. They have changed my life from 8 hours away. Imagine what they can do for yours!

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Samantha Lazaris

Hello, my name is Sam and I am the original founder and co-owner of Ohana Fitness and Wellness! As a young female entrepreneur, I am on a mission to help transform women’s lives through fitness within our studio. Ohana Fitness turns 1 year old on May 14th and it has been one INCREDIBLE year.

I left my job as the assistant fitness director at the Detroit Athletic Club in Oct of 2014 to pursue my dreams of starting my own in-home training business. This was by far the best decision I have ever made in my life! Throughout the last few years in my life, I have found that my sole purpose on this planet is to inspire and motivate people to live happier and healthier lifestyles.

I graduated from Central Michigan University (Fire up Chips!) in 2012 with a Dual-Major in Entrepreneurship and Health Fitness with a Minor in Nutrition. I am a Certified Personal Trainer through ACSM and a Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist through NASM. I specialize in women’s weight loss, nutrition and core conditioning.

Rosie Michalak

Hi! I’m Rosie Michalak, Kick n’ Tone certified fitness instructor at Ohana. I was thrilled when Sam and Erin asked me to join the Ohana team. I graduated from Central Michigan University with a degree in Health Fitness, which is where I met Samantha Lazaris (Ohana Fitness co-owner)! I fell in love with Turbo Kick and decided I wanted to become an instructor and mentor with her which lead me to where I am today. Outside of the studio, I am a full time exercise physiologist, daughter, sister and friend.

I love to make exercising fun and help others see their true potential through fitness! If I can make one person smile or make one individual’s day,
I have done my job. My goal is to make class enjoyable and encourage women to step out of their comfort zones to try new things. It’s amazing what one can discover and do!

Amanda Decker

Hey, I’m Amanda! I graduated from Western Michigan University with a major in Communications and a double minor in Environmental Studies and Women’s Studies. It wasn’t until two years after I graduated from college that I even FOUND fitness and all of its perks. After college while working my countless unfulfilling retail jobs, I decided to order Insanity off the infomercial and give it a whirl. Little did I know it would jumpstart my love of fitness and pushing past those limits we set for ourselves. I ended up going back to school at National Personal Training Institute to become a certified personal trainer!

At NPTI, I had over 200 hours of nutrition training and 300 hours of practical and technical body movement training. I’ve been everywhere in terms of my own fitness journey so I believe I have a pretty good understanding of what it feels like to be a client. I’ve been underweight, slightly overweight, flabby, toned, and now what I feel is just right. I’ve been paleo, low carb, If It Fits Your Macros, vegetarian, and now vegan for nearly two years, so I understand most diets and nutrition styles. And most importantly, I’ve had my butt kicked in workouts and know how to motivate people through that madness. My mission is to instill in my clients that fitness and eating well is never punishment, but rather an exciting and fulfilling way to live your BEST life! Have the cookie, but not ten. Drink the wine, but don’t go nuts. 😉 #balance!!

Outside of Ohana, I am an animal lover, interior design lover, grammar-obsessed, married dog momma who loves to curl up to Netflix marathons and sit at restaurants for hours with my friends and family.

Vanessa Lopatka

I’m Vanessa Lopatka! I currently instruct Ohana’s Pure Strength and Morning Jumpstart classes. I joined the Ohana team after participating in the Little Black Dress program. I am certified personal trainer through NASM.My passion for fitness has evolved through the past 7 years as I made my own transformation.

After 22 years of yo-yo dieting, crying in dressing rooms and binge eating until I felt sick, I took control of my health and am now down 70 pounds through good food choices and exercise. I’ve found a love for being in a gym and fitness studio and am so thankful to be surrounded by motivated and driven women that keep me dedicated each day! Helping women realize their own strength (and build the muscles that come along with it) has made such a positive impact in my own life.

Haley Vay Beaman

Welcome to the family! My name is Haley Vay and I’m so glad you’re here. I love everything that the Ohana fitness family stands for and I look forward to sharing it with you! My passion for combining healthy fitness and faith practices has become a life-giving part of my story that I can’t help but share. As an ordained Lutheran pastor (ELCA), it is important to me that women are empowered in healthy and uplifting communities, which motivate us to be and live as our best, most authentic selves. I believe that everyone has a story to share that helps motivate others to embody strength and wellness as a full-body experience, which includes treating not only our physical wellness as a priority, but also our emotional, intellectual, and vocational well-being with love and respect.

I was born shortly after Halley’s comet flew through the sky and was raised in Williamsburg, VA (hence the southern draw and double first name). I received my BA in Theology at Roanoke College in Salem, VA where I also studied Spanish and Psychology; I then completed my Master of Divinity at The Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, PA (where I met my husband, Bryn, in cycling class!); and I’m currently pursuing my Doctor of Ministry in Detroit.

Bryn and I recently relocated to Michigan in early 2017 for his career. Shortly thereafter I was connected with Ohana Fitness and Wellness by a mutual friend. Today, I couldn’t be more grateful to be part of such a strong wellness community of women that is truly so uniquely inspired and beautiful in every way.

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Stands for Resistance, Intervals, Power, Plyometrics, Endurance, and Diet. R.I.P.P.E.D. is high-energy fitness fuel! With a slogan of “cardio, weights, FUN, done!” you are sure to be engaged, while burning fat and building muscle. Led by your certified instructor in a full-body 50-55 minute cardio-strength routine, you’ll burn anywhere from 750-1000 calories! This program is designed to be a plateau-proof party in every class! “R.I.P.P.E.D. Is for Every-Body!” People of every age and fitness ability love R.I.P.P.E.D. and we know you will too! www.rippedplanet.com

Melissa Brode

Melissa is a blogger, life coach and yoga teacher with a passion for helping people.

She uses her honest words, creativity, and fun-loving personality to inspire and empower others to break through personal barriers and live life to their fullest potential.

Melissa graduated from Oakland University with a degree in Business Administration/Marketing, completed her RYT 200 Yoga Certification (twice) through Red Lotus Yoga, and received her Life Coach Certification through Soul Space in Rochester.

Melissa discovered Ohana Fitness and Wellness and felt instantly connected to our mission of promoting the health and wellbeing of women in the community! She is excited to be welcomed into the Ohana family and cannot wait to utilize her background and personal experiences amongst this amazing group of women!

Outside of this work, she is a photographer, self-proclaimed crazy dog lady, adventure seeker, and lover of all things outdoors.

Erin Saba

I’m Erin Glaros, co owner of Ohana Fitness and Wellness. I graduated from Central Michigan University with a BS in Public Health Promotion and Health Education and a minor in Professional Sales. I have always had a passion for health and fitness and helping other people. I just didn’t know how I wanted to use my passion as my purpose in life. I was teaching classes, coaching and instructing clients on how to live a healthy lifestyle and then I met Sam. I am blessed to have met a perfect piece to my puzzle in living out my dreams. To join her in opening Ohana at the new location, was just a great opportunity I knew that together Sam and I could work and follow our dreams together!

I always told myself that I wanted to help change at least one persons life. With being part owner of Ohana, I know that I will be able to fulfill that dream. I am on a mission to do just that. Having certifications that include: certified personal trainer, certified group exercise instructor, certified specialist in fitness nutrition, booty barre and turbo kick, I use my education and experience to lead women to use both fitness sand nutrition to see results and accomplish their weight loss goals.

Providing women with the confidence to know that they are worthy of the time and effort it takes to have a weight loss story and for them to realize they deserve it. I strive to help them understand that healthy doesn’t have to be just for them, it can be for the whole family, and making fitness and nutrition fun and something to look forward to.

Kate Hanser

I am a certified Yoga instructor and work as a full time 6th grade school teacher. Yoga has been a part of my life since 2014, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Struggling with self-doubt and anger, yoga helped me to overcome those emotions and continuously live every day in the present. I love sharing this practice with my students, as we journey together to find our inner light.

Namaste 🙏🏼

Ashley

Ashley Gammon, Certified Personal Trainer, Certified MuTu Pro™, and founder of BeYoutiful Within – Core and Pelvic Floor Health for Mothers, offers expertise and advice to women suffering from a number of common postpartum body symptoms to include diastasis recti, incontinence, leaking (when laughing, coughing, sneezing and exercising), lower back pain, constipation, pelvic organ prolapse and the “baby pooch”. Ashley studied with the American Council on Exercise to become certified as a personal trainer. She trained with Tracy Sher and Antony Lo at the female athlete, bulletproof your core and pelvic floor course. She was also among the first 33 professionals to be certified as a MuTu Pro by founder of MuTu System®, Wendy Powell. This is a globally recognized, medically endorsed program designed especially for postpartum mothers, no matter how long it’s been! The method that Ashley is certified to teach will help you get your body functioning correctly, be strong, and have you feeling body confident with a body that works right! Most importantly Ashley will teach you how to do this the correct way by easing your postpartum body back into fitness the right way. It will get you back to where you deserve to be, having a strong core and pelvic floor, functioning right, and have you reaching your goals safely! Take it from Ashley, who herself had a 3 finger wide diastasis recti (DR) that she discovered after her third child

Ashley is a military wife of 13 years. She and her husband have three beautiful daughters. She has lived all over the World, including six years in Europe, but she calls Indiana home. Michigan became their new home in the summer of 2015.

Ashley has always been health conscious, but it wasn’t until after her third child in 2012 when she became very focused and serious with her fitness journey. She worked hard for three years to get her pre-baby body back. What she didn’t know was that she had a DR and almost everything she was doing was working against her “baby pooch”. This is one reason she is so passionate about reaching the postpartum moms as soon as she can, after delivery. Had she known then what she knows now, her journey may have been much different. Although she wouldn’t change any of it, because now she helps educate other women in this often ignored, yet very important area in women’s health

Ashley started her own business, BeYoutiful Within, in June 2016 and has already helped hundreds of women correct leaking (incontinence), alleviate lower back pain, reduce their baby belly, and helped them reach their specific goals. She hopes to continue to reach out to as many women as possible through local chiropractors, doulas, Midwifes, OBGYNs, physical therapists, lactation consultants and anyone else related to women’s health.

Ashley is very passionate about helping the postpartum mom, no matter how long it has been. Ashley has helped moms who are as little as three weeks postpartum all the way to 30 plus years postpartum. The program she teaches can be modified so that it makes a perfect fit for each woman and where they are at in their own unique journey. Ashley understands the struggles of everyday life as a mother. This is why the services she provides are flexible and she works with her clients to best suit their needs. Ashley sees clients in their homes, has various locations she can offer private sessions, and teaches classes and workshops all over Metro – Detroit.

Moorey

Moorey-Margaret Myers is a 1997 Magna Cum Laude McNair Scholar graduate of Siena Heights College Adrian, Honors College. She holds a Bachelor degree in Philosophy with a concentration in Ethics, a minor in Biology, and her Honors courses included ballet. Ms. Myers has studied under Dmitri Roudnev of Ballet Intensive from Moscow on a McNair scholarship. Ms. Myer’s training also includes: The University of Toledo (studied Modern and Jazz as a scholarship recipient), Adrian City Ballet Company under the direction of Jefferson Baum (Vaganova and Balanchine Method), The Link School of the Arts (worship ballet), Fueled & Aflame Dance Company (Modern Dance Horton Technique) and Ballet Magnificat’s Summer Intensive Training programs. Ms. Myer’s teaching experience has included: Monroe Public Schools Community and Adult Education, Monroe City Ballet & Dance (Owner and Artistic Director) Fueled & Aflame Master Classes and Exodus Dance Company (Artistic Director). Ms. Myers has staged and choreographed ballets including: The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Coppelia, and The Four Seasons as well as original contemporary ballet, jazz, lyrical and contemporary pieces for recitals, dance festivals, televised worship services, conferences and non-profit organizations including The American Cancer Society and The Assembly of God Fine Arts Festival. Ms. Myers has been training and conditioning dancers for over 20 years and holds certifications in: personal training, PiYo, and the Ballet Magnificat Instructor Intensive Training Program (which includes kinesiology, strength and conditioning, Pilates for dancers, yoga for dancers, ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, worship dance, improvisation, pointe, pas de deux and ministry.) Ms Myers is also an accomplished water woman, therapy dog handler and cancer survivor who spent her summers growing up on the sandy shores of Lake Huron. On any given day she can be found SUPing her home breaks around Bruckner’s Island with her Beagle, dancing for charity events, motivational speaking on the benefits of a healthy plantstrong diet and lifestyle in disease management, or just soaking up the sun in her beloved hammock!